337 Amendments of Maria NOICHL related to 2018/0216(COD)
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a regulation
Citation 1
Citation 1
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 42, Article 43(2) and Article 43(2)208 thereof,
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Since the CAP needs to sharpen its responses to the challenges - such as the increasing concentration of agricultural land and the consequent concentration of direct payments in the hands of a few - and opportunities as they manifest themselves at Union, international, national, regional, local and farm levels, it is necessary to streamline the governance of the CAP and improve its delivery on the Union objectives and to significantly decrease the administrative burden. In the CAP based on delivery of performance (‘delivery model’), the Union should set the basic policy parameters, such as objectives of the CAP and basic requirements, while Member States should bear greater responsibility as to how they meet the objectives and achieve targetshe corresponding targets in the wider context of a worldwide level playing field. Enhanced subsidiarity makes it possible to better take into account local conditions and needs, tailoring the support to maximise the contribution to Union objectives. This is only possible if the targets are ambitious and a monitoring system is used that allows comparison between Member States to ensure that the CAP contributes to society's requirements of the environment, biodiversity, animal welfare, fair allocation of resources and social justice at European and global level.
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) In order to ensure that the Union can respect its international obligations on domestic support as set out in the WTO Agreement on Agriculture, and in particular that the basic income support for sustainability and related types of interventions continue to be notified as ‘Green Box’ support which has no, or at most minimal, trade- distorting effects or effects on production, the framework definition for ‘agricultural activity’ should provide for both the production of agricultural products or the maintenance of the agricultural area. In light of adjusting to local conditions, Member States should lay down the actual definition of agricultural activity in their CAP Strategic Plans. The deletion of the phrase 'for sustainability' with reference to basic income support applies throughout the text.
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Synergies between the EAFRD and Horizon Europe should encourage that the EAFRD makes the best use of research and innovation results, in particular those stemming from projects funded by Horizon Europe and the European Innovation Partnership (EIP) for ‘agricultural productivity and sustainability’, leading to innovations in the farming sector and rural areas geared to the SDGs. In this context, in addition to Goal 2 (zero hunger), other goals that are particularly important are Goals 5 (gender equality), 12 (responsible production and consumption), 13 (climate action) and 15 (life on land).
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In order to give substance to the objectives of the CAP as established by Article 39 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), as well as to ensure that the Union adequately addresses its most recent challenges, it is appropriate to provide for a set of general objectives reflecting the orientations given in the Communication on ‘The Future of Food and Farming’. A set of specific objectives should be further defined at Union level and applied by the Member States in their CAP Strategic Plans. While striking a balance across the dimensions of sustainable development, in line with the impact assessment, these specific objectives shouldIn line with the impact assessment, these specific objectives should attain the various dimensions of sustainable development, while at the same time translateing the general objectives of the CAP into more concrete priorities and takeing into account relevant Union legislation, particularly with regard to climate, energy and environment.
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) A smarter, modernised and moremore resilient and sustainable CAP needs to embrace research and innovation, in order to serve the multi- functionality of Union agriculture, forestry and food systems, investing in technological development and, digitalisation and agro-ecological practices, as well as improving the access to impartial, sound, relevant and new knowledge and to opportunities for farmers to exchange information for the benefit of rural communities and the agricultural sector worldwide.
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) In order to foster a smart and resilient agricultural sector, direct payments keep on constituting an essential part to guarantee a fair income support to farmers. Likewise, investments into farm restructuring, modernisation, innovation – including in food industries in third countries, particularly in Africa, which have previously been underdeveloped in particular with regard to processing and added value –, diversification and uptake of new technologies are necessary to improve farmers’ market reward.
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In the context of greater market- orientation of the CAP to the European market, as outlined by the Communication on ‘The Future of Food and Farming’, market exposure, climate change and associated frequency and severity of extreme weather events, as well as sanitary and phytosanitary crises, may lead to risks of price volatility and increasing pressures on incomes. Thus, although farmers are ultimately responsible for designing their on-farm strategies, a robust framework should be set up to ensure appropriate risk managementfor market regulation and to ensure adequate risk management of health and climate risks should be established, while avoiding the pitfalls and problems that arise with other models all over the world. To this aim, Member States and farmers may be able to draw on a Union-level platform on risk management for capacity- building in order to provide farmers with adequate financial instruments for investments and access to working capital, training, knowledge transfer and advice.
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 – point 1
Recital 16 – point 1
As many rural areas in the Union suffer from structural problems such as lack of attractive employment opportunities, skill shortages, underinvestment in connectivity, infrastructures and essential services, as well as youth drain, it is fundamental to strengthen the socio-economic fabric in those areas, in line with the Cork 2.0. Declaration, particularly through job creation, including in third countries for the growing population there, and generational renewal, by bringing the Commission's jobs and growth to rural areas, promoting social inclusion, generational renewal and the development of ‘Smart Villages’ across the European countryside. As indicated in the Communication on ‘The Future of Food and Farming’, new rural value chains such as renewable energy, the emerging bio- economy, the circular economy, and ecotourism can offer good growth and job potential for rural areas. In this context, financial instruments and the use of the InvestEU guarantee can play a crucial role for ensuring access to financing and for bolstering the growth capacity of farms and enterprises. There is a potential for employment opportunities in rural areas for legally staying third country nationals, promoting their social and economic integration especially in the framework of Community-led Local Development strategies.
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The CAP should keep ensuring food security for Europe, which should be understood as meaning access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food at all times and increasing vegetable protein production in Europe. Moreover, it should help improving the response of Union agriculture to new societal demands on food and health, including sustainable agricultural production, healthier nutrition, reduction of food waste and improved animal welfare. The CAP should continue to promote production with specific and valuable characteristics, while at the same time helping farmers to proactively adjust their production according to market signals and consumers’ demands. Member States should ensure that financial support is given to farmers in order to acquire new skills they need to adapt their production to meet changing consumer requirements and protect livelihoods in rural communities around the world.
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 a (new)
Recital 20 a (new)
(20a) With a view to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular Goal 1 (No poverty) and Goal 2 (Zero hunger), as well as guaranteeing policy coherence for development in accordance with Article 208 TFEU and meeting the requirements of the European Consensus on Development , the CAP must support sustainable family farms in developing countries, in order to guarantee local food security and counter rural population flight. For that reason, EU agricultural products should not be exported at prices that fail to cover production costs.
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) Member States should be allowed to use part of their financial ceiling available for direct payments for coupled income support in order to improve competitiveness, sustainability, and/or quality in certain sectors and productions that are particularly important for social, economic or environmental reasons and undergo certain difficulties. Member States should clearly explain in their strategic plan why the granting of coupled aid would add value to efforts to pursue economic, social or environmental objectives and why similar objectives cannot be achieved by rural development measures. Furthermore, Member States should also be allowed to use an additional part of their financial ceiling available for direct payments to grant coupled income support specifically for the support of protein crop production in order to reduce the Union's deficit in this regard, thus reducing imports from third countries, which have harmed society and the environment there, for example due to deforestation, expropriation and land concentration. If protein crops are imported from third countries, they must be certified by the EU as having been produced sustainably.
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 51
Recital 51
(51) For the purpose of ensuring adequate financing for certain priorities, rules on minimum financial allocations for these priorities should be set for the support under EAFRD. For the sake of ensuring a level playing field between farmers, a maximum allocation should also be set for the coupled support under direct payments. Furthermore, Member States should also be allowed to use an additional part of their financial ceiling available for direct payments to grant coupled income support specifically for improving the competitiveness, sustainability, and/or quality of the protein crop production, in order to reduce imports from third countries.
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55
Recital 55
(55) In order to ensure a clear strategic nature of these CAP Strategic Plans, and to facilitate the links with other Union policies, and notably with established long- term national targets deriving from Union legislation or international agreements such as those related to climate change, forests, biodiversity, and water and policy coherence for development (PCD), it is appropriate that there should be one single CAP Strategic Plan per Member State.
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 57
Recital 57
(57) In order to ensure that the setting of targets by Member States and that the design of interventions is appropriate and maximises the contribution to the objectives of the CAP, it is necessary to base the strategy of the CAP Strategic Plans on a prior analysis of the local contexts and an assessment of needs in relation to the objectives of the CAP. In that connection, Member States should also set out details of how they address problems such as the flight from the land, land ownership concentration, desertification, water quality or biodiversity loss, which also have a global impact.
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) The framework of standards of GAECs aims to contribute to the mitigation and adaptation to climate change, the tackling of water challenges, the protection and quality of soil and the protection and quality of biodiversity. The framework needs to be enhanced to take into account in particular the practices set until 2020 under the greening of direct payments, the mitigation of climate change and the need to improve farms sustainability, and in particular the management of nutrients managementd plant protection products. It is acknowledged that each GAEC contributes to multiple objectives. In order to implement the framework, Member States should define a national standard for each of the standards set at Union level taking into account the specific characteristics of the area concerned, including soil and climatic conditions, existing farming conditions, land use, crop rotation, farming practices and farm structures. Member States may also define in addition other national standards related to the main objectives laid down in Annex III in order to improve the environmental and climate delivery of the GAEC framework. As part of GAEC framework, in order to support both the agronomic and the environmental performance of farms, nutrient management plans for nutrients and plant protection products will be established with the help of a dedicated electronic Farm Sustainability Tool made available by the Member States to individual farmers. The tool should provide on-farm decision support starting from minimum nutrient management functionalities for nutrients and plant protection products. A wide interoperability and modularity should also ensure the possibility to add other electronic on-farm and e-governance applications. In order to ensure a level playing field between farmers and across the Union, the Commission may provide support to the Member States in the design of the Tool as well as with the data storage and processing services required.
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) support viable farm incomes and resilience across the Union, to enhancimprove food security; in the long term and at the same time limit overproduction.
Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) enhance market orientation and increase competitiveness, including greater focus on research, technology and digitalisationimprove the economic viability of farms on the European market, short supply chains and added value products such as those derived from organic farming;
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) mainstream development cooperation objectives, contribute to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and avoid negative externalities of Union policies on developing countries and their people.
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall reduce the amount ofimpose a ceiling of EUR 60 000 on direct payments to be granted to a farmer pursuant to this Chapter for a given calendar year exceeding EUR 60 000 as follows:.
Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 152 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 156 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 157 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The estimated product of the reduction of payments shall primarily be used to contribute to the financing of the complementary redistributive income support for sustainability and thereafter of other interventions belonging to decoupled direct paymenteco- schemes.
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1
Article 28 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall provide support for voluntary schemes for the climate and the environment ('eco- schemes') under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 28 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Agriculture which fails to protect and improve livelihoods, equity and social welfare in rural areas is not sustainable. Sustainability requires direct action to preserve, protect and improve natural resources. Since our consumption patterns tie up substantial resources in third countries, which are then no longer available to the local population, Member States must also define solutions to this problem in their strategic plans.
Amendment 163 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3
Article 29 – paragraph 3
3. Coupled income support shall take the form of an annual payment per hectare or animal payable within certain quantitative limits based on a fixed number of animals per hectare (2 livestock units per hectare).
Amendment 167 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Coupled income support may only be granted to the following sectors and productions or specific types of farming therein where these are important for economic, social or environmental reasons: cereals, oilseeds, protein crops, grain legumes, forage legumes, flax, hemp, rice, nuts, starch potato, milk and milk productpotatoes, seeds, sheepmeat and goatmeat, beef and veal, olive oil, silkworms, dried fodder, hops, sugar beet, cane and chicory, fruit and vegetables, and short rotation coppice and other non-food crops, excluding trees, used for the production of products that have the potential to substitute fossil materials.
Amendment 168 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Coupled payments must not pose a risk to domestic markets in developing countries, as coupled payments can lead to market distortions and overproduction. Accordingly, developing countries must not be used as new outlets for over- produced European agricultural products, as this would only lead to a further deterioration of the situation of farmers in these regions.
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2
Article 31 – paragraph 2
Amendment 177 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
investments in bioenergy production that do not comply with the sustainability criteria set out in the Renewable Energy Directive, including the limitation of certain types of commodities.
Amendment 182 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 185 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 90 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 90 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 187 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) economic, environmental and social partners;
Amendment 188 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) relevant bodies representing civil society and where relevantthe non- economic interests of civil society, particularly of environmental NGOs, and bodies responsible for promoting social inclusion, fundamental rights, gender equality and non-discrimination inside and outside the EU.
Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 2
Article 106 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall assess the proposed CAP Strategic Plans on the basis of the completeness of the plans, the consistency and coherence with the general principles of Union law, with this Regulation and the provisions adopted pursuant to it and with the Horizontal Regulation, their effective contribution to the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1), the impact on the proper functioning of the internal market and distortion of competition, the level of administrative burden on beneficiaries and administration and how the contributions of the competent authorities and other stakeholders are taken into account in accordance with Article 94. The assessment shall address, in particular, the adequacy of the strategy of the CAP Strategic Plan, the corresponding specific objectives, targets, interventions and the allocation of budgetary resources to meet the specific CAP Strategic Plan objectives through the proposed set of interventions on the basis of the SWOT analysis and the ex-ante evaluation.
Amendment 194 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 3 – point f
Article 111 – paragraph 3 – point f
(f) administrative capacity building for public authorities and beneficiaries, civil society and bodies responsible for promoting social inclusion, as referred to in Article 94, where relevant.
Amendment 198 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 125 – paragraph 3 – point j a (new)
Article 125 – paragraph 3 – point j a (new)
(ja) the impact of the CAP on developing countries in the light of the SDG indicators.
Amendment 199 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 126 – paragraph 4
Article 126 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall be responsible for evaluating the adequacy of the CAP Strategic Plan interventions for the purpose of achieving the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1) and with reference to the impact of the CAP on developing countries in the light of the SDG indicators.
Amendment 218 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52 a (new)
Recital 52 a (new)
(52a) In view of the importance of combating the loss of biodiversity in accordance with the Union's obligations to implement the Convention on Biological Diversity and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, this Program will contribute to the incorporation of biodiversity protection measures into the Union's policies, particularly as concerns agricultural spaces and habitats, and provide EUR 15 billion of CAP funding in support of biodiversity objectives, to be supplemented by EUR 5 billion in funding from the Member States. In particular, this financing will support measures to preserve biodiversity in accordance with Article 28 and measures to preserve biodiversity in accordance with Articles 65 and 67.
Amendment 254 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) 'targets' means pre-agreed values to be achieved at the end of the period in relation to the result and impact indicators included under a specific objective;
Amendment 323 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to foster a smart, resilient and diversified agricultural sector ensuring food securitysustainable, decentralised and long-term food security, without producing surpluses;
Amendment 327 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to bolster environmental care and, climate action and to contribute to thebiodiversity and to meet all environmental- and climate-related objectives of the Union relevant to agriculture;
Amendment 345 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) support viable farm income and resilience across the Union to enhance long-term food security with the aim of preventing surplus production;
Amendment 353 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) enhance market orientation and increase competitiveness, includingguarantee the long-term economic viability of farming, including preference for small supply chains and greater focus on research, technology and digitalisation;
Amendment 365 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation, as well as sustainable energyincluding soil carbon sequestration in accordance with the relevant international conventions;
Amendment 380 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) foster sustainable development and efficient management of natural resources such as water, soil and airprotection of the environment and natural resources such as water, soil and air; achieve the good conditions as stipulated in the relevant legislative acts;
Amendment 409 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) promote employment, growth, social inclusio and adequate job opportunities, growth, social inclusion, equal participation for women and local development in rural areas, including bio- economy and sustainable forestry;
Amendment 419 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) improve the response of EU agriculture to societal demands on food and health, including safe, nutritious and sustainable food, food wasteorganic agriculture, reducing food waste, reducing the use of antibiotics, as well as greater animal welfare.
Amendment 446 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 138 amending Annex I to adapt the common output, result and impact indicators to take into account the experience with their application and, where needed, to add new indicators. In Annex I, the Commission evaluates the efficiency of the output, result and impact indicators in a comprehensive manner and suggests specific solutions to strengthen the CAP’s results-orientated approach. The report is part of the impact assessment and legislative proposals for the post-2027 CAP.
Amendment 450 #
Draft legislative resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
– having regard to Article 13 of the TFEU;
Amendment 470 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall include in their CAP Strategic Plans a system of conditionality, under which an administrative penalty shall be imposed on all beneficiaries receiving direct payments under Chapter II, III and IV of this Title or the annual premia under Articles 65, 66 and 67 who do not comply with the statutory management requirements under Union law and the standards for good agricultural and environmental condition of land established in the CAP Strategic Plan, as listed in Annex III, relating to the following specific areas:
Amendment 470 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Since the CAP needs to sharpen its responses to the challenges, such as increasing concentration of agricultural land and inter alia concentration of direct payments in the hands of few, and opportunities as they manifest themselves at Union, international, national, regional, local and farm levels, it is necessary to streamline the governance of the CAP and improve its delivery on the Union objectives and to significantly decrease the administrative burden. In the CAP based on delivery of sustainability and performance (‘delivery model’), the Union should set the basic policy parameters, such as objectives of the CAP and basic requirements, while Member States should bear greater responsibility as to how they meet the objectives and achieve targets in the broader context of a level playing field. Enhanced subsidiarity makes it possible to better take into account local conditions and needs, tailoring the support to maximise the contribution to Union objectives. This is only possible if targets are ambitious and a monitoring system is used which allows a comparison between Member States to guarantee that at the European level the CAP contributes to societal demands regarding the environment, biodiversity and animal welfare.
Amendment 482 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The use of common definitions entirely set at Union level has caused certain difficulties for Member States to cater their own specificities at national, regional, and local level. Member States should therefore be given the flexibility to specify certain definitions in their CAP Strategic Plan. In order to ensure a common level playing field, a certainthe framework has, however, to be set at Union level constituting the necessary essential elements to be included in those definitions (‘framework definitions’) to prevent distortion of the Single Market.
Amendment 490 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) In order to ensure that the Union can respect its international obligations on domestic support as set out in the WTO Agreement on Agriculture, and in particular that the basic income support for sustainability and related types of interventions continue to be notified as ‘Green Box’ support which has no, or at most minimal, trade- distorting effects or effects on production, the framework definition for ‘agricultural activity’ should provide for both the production of agricultural products or the maintenance of the agricultural area. In light of adjusting to local conditions, Member States should lay down the actual definition of agricultural activity in their CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 495 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In order to retain the essential Union-wide elements to ensure comparability between Member State decisions, without however limiting Member States in reaching Union objectives, a clear framework definition for ‘agricultural area’ should be set out. The related framework definitions for ‘arable land’, ‘permanent crops’ and ‘permanent grassland’ should be set out in a broad way to allow Member States to further specify definitions according to their local conditions. The framework definition for ‘arable land’ should be laid down in a way that allows Member States to cover different production forms, including system such as agroforestry and arable areas with shrubs and trees and that requires the inclusion of fallow land areas in order to ensure the decoupled nature of the interventions. The framework definition of ‘permanent crops’ should include both areas actually used for production and not, as well as nurseries and short rotation coppice to be defined by Member States. The framework definition of ‘permanent grassland’ should be set in a way that allows Member States to specify further criteria and allows them to include species other than grasses or other herbaceous forage, bushes and trees or small landscape elements not used to grow fodder that can be grazed or that may produce animal feed, whether used for actual production or not.
Amendment 500 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that all agricultural areas including land which is no longer used for production purposes, is maintained in good agricultural and environmental condition. Member States shall define, at national or regional level, minimum standards for beneficiaries for good agricultural and environmental condition of land in line with the main objective of the standards as referred to in Annex III, taking into account the specific characteristics of the areas concerned, including soil and climatic condition, existing farming systems, land use, crop rotation, farming practices, and farm structuresand shall ensure that the preservation of these areas contributes to achieving specific objectives according to points (d), (e), (f) and (i) of Article 6(1).
Amendment 501 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Synergies between the EAFRD and Horizon Europe should encourage that the EAFRD makes the best use of research and innovation results, in particular those stemming from projects funded by the Horizon Europe clusters "Food and Natural Resources" and "Inclusive and secure society including disaster resilience" and the European Innovation Partnership (EIP) for ‘agricultural productivity and sustainability’, leading to innovations in the farming sector and rural areas. aligned with the SDGs.
Amendment 508 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In order to ensure legal certainty that support is paid for an agricultural area which is at the farmer's disposal and where an agricultural activity is exercised, a framework definition for ‘eligible hectare’ with the essential elements should be set out. In particular, in order to avoid double claims, Member States should set the conditions to determine whether the land is at the farmer’s disposal. Considering the likelihood of occasional and temporary use of agricultural land for an activity which is not strictly agricultural, and given the potential of certain non-agricultural activities to contribute to the income diversification of agricultural holdings providing they do not damage agricultural capacity or natural features, Member States should set appropriate conditions to include areas also used for sustainable non-agricultural activities as eligible hectares.
Amendment 511 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall establish a system for providing the Farm Sustainability Tool for Nutrients and Plant Protection Products referred to in Annex III, with the minimum content and functionalities defined therein, to beneficiaries, who shall use the Tool. The loss of nutrients and the use of plant protection products shall be continuously minimised at farm level by means of this Tool.
Amendment 529 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 138 supplementing this Regulation with rules for good agricultural and environmental condition, including establishing the elements of the system of the ratio of permanent grassland, the year of reference and the rate of conversion under GAEC 1 as referred to in Annex III, the format and additional minimum elements and functionalities of the Farm Sustainability Tool for Nutrients and Plant Protection Products.
Amendment 546 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In order to give substance to the objectives of the CAP as established by Article 39 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), as well as to ensure that the Union adequately addresses its most recent challenges, it is appropriate to provide for a set of general objectives reflecting the orientations given in the Communication on ‘The Future of Food and Farming’. A set of specific objectives should be further defined at Union level and applied by the Member States in their CAP Strategic Plans. While stritaking a balance across the dimensctions ofn sustainable development, in line with the impact assessment, these specific objectives should translate the general objectives of the CAP into more concrete priorities and take into account relevant Union legislation, particularly with regard to climate, energy and environment.
Amendment 553 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point f a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point f a (new)
(fa) Support for farmers, who want to make a change towards sustainable production including agro-ecology, particularly due to changes in consumer demands with consultation on the new skills and equipment required;
Amendment 555 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) A smarter, modernised and moremore resistant and sustainable CAP needs to embrace research and innovation, in order to serve the multi- functionality of Union agriculture, forestry and food systems, investing in technological development and, digitalisation and agro-ecological practices, as well as improving the access to impartial, sound, relevant and new knowledge as well as possibilities to exchange from farmer to farmer for the benefit of rural communities as well as the agricultural sector.
Amendment 561 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point f b (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point f b (new)
(fb) Findings from the use of the Farm Sustainability Tool for Nutrients and Plant Protection Products referred to in Article 12(3).
Amendment 581 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) In order to foster a smartustainable and resilient agricultural sector, direct payments keep on constituting an essential part to guarantee a fair income support to farmers. Likewise, investments into farm restructuring, modernisation, innovation, and diversification and uptake of new technologies are necessary, in order to improve farmers’ market rewardresilience.
Amendment 587 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In the context of greater market- orientation of the CAP on the European market, as outlined by the Communication on ‘The Future of Food and Farming’, market exposure, climate change and associated frequency and severity of extreme weather events, as well as sanitary and phytosanitary crises, may lead to risks of price volatility and increasing pressures on incomes. Thus, although farmers are ultimately responsible for designing their on-farm strategies, a robust framework to regulate the markets should be set up to ensure appropriate risk management of health and climate risks, which avoids the pitfalls and problems encountered in other models adopted around the world. To this aim, Member States and farmers may be able to draw on a Union-level platform on risk management for capacity-building in order to provide farmers with adequate financial instruments for investments and access to working capital, training, knowledge transfer and advice.
Amendment 595 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 – introductory part
Recital 16 – introductory part
(16) Bolstering environmental care and climate action and contributing to the achievement of Union environmental- and climate-related objectives is a very high priority in the future of Union agriculture and forestry. The architecture of the CAP should therefore reflect considerably greater ambition with respect to these objectives. By virtue of the delivery model, action taken to tackle environmental degradation and climate change should be result-driven and Article 11 TFEU shouldall, for this purpose, be considered as an obligation of result.
Amendment 598 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 – point 1
Recital 16 – point 1
As many rural areas in the Union suffer from structural problems such as lack of attractive employment opportunities, skill shortages, underinvestment in connectivity, infrastructures and essential services, as well as youth drain, it is fundamental to strengthen the socio-economic fabric in those areas, in line with the Cork 2.0. Declaration, particularly through job creation and generational renewal, by bringing the Commission's jobs and growth to rural areas, promoting social inclusion, the incorporation of new farmers, greater participation by women in the rural economy, generational renewal and the development of ‘Smart Villages’ across the European countryside. In order to stabilise and diversify the rural economy, it also requires business start-ups and development, securing and retaining of non-agricultural enterprises as well as the basic provisions for the rural population. As indicated in the Communication on ‘The Future of Food and Farming’, new rural value chains such as renewable energy, the emerging bio- economy, the circular economy, and ecotourism can offer good growth and job potential for rural areas. In this context, financial instruments and the use of the InvestEU guarantee can play a crucial role for ensuring access to financing and for bolstering the growth capacity of farms and enterprises. There is a potential for employment opportunities in rural areas for legally staying third country nationals, promoting their social and economic integration especially in the framework of Community-led Local Development strategies.
Amendment 610 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The CAP should keep ensuring food security for Europe, which should be understood as meaning access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food at all times and maximising EU plant protein production. Moreover, it should help improving the response of Union agriculture to new societal demands on food and health, including sustainable agricultural production, healthier nutrition, reduced food waste and enhanced animal welfare. The CAP should continue to promote production with specific and valuable characteristics, whilesuch as regionally identifiable food chains, and at the same time helping farmers to proactively adjust their production according to market signals and consumers’ demands. Member States should ensure that financial support for farmers in procuring new skills and equipment required to transition their production in order to meet changing consumer demands and protect livelihoods in rural communities is being allocated.
Amendment 624 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) In order to meet EU requirements in accordance with Article 13 TFEU and public expectations, the caging of poultry, rabbits and other animals must be phased out and completely banned as from 2027. Farming conditions must be improved overall, so that off-soil livestock farming is halted and free-range farming encouraged. This will make the work of poultry farms and local and mobile slaughterhouses more transparent.
Amendment 627 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) The funds available for the EAFRD must be sufficient regarding the importance of interventions for rural development, especially regarding more ambitious environment and climate goals to which the European Union committed itself in international agreements and to which the agriculture has to make its contribution.
Amendment 633 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 a (new)
Recital 20 a (new)
(20a) With a view to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular Goal 1 (No poverty) and Goal 2 (Zero hunger), and guaranteeing policy coherence for development in accordance with Article 208 TFEU, the CAP must support sustainable family farms in developing countries, in order to guarantee local food security and counter rural population flight. For that reason, EU agricultural products should not be exported at prices which do not cover the production costs.
Amendment 639 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Building on the previous system of cross-compliance implemented until 2020, the system of new conditionality links full receipt of CAP support to thefull compliance by beneficiaries ofwith basic standards concerning the environment, climate change, public health, animal health, plant health and animal welfare. The basic standards encompass in a streamlined form a list of statutory management requirements (SMRs) and standards of good agricultural and environmental conditions of land (GAECs). These basic standards should better take into account the environmental and climate challenges and the new environmental architecture of the CAP, thus delivering a higher level of environmental and climate ambition as the Commission announced in its Communications on the ‘Future of Food and Farming’ and the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). Conditionality aims towill contribute to the development of sustainable agriculture through better awareness on the part of beneficiaries of the need to respectconform to those basic standards. It also aims to make the CAP more compatible with the expectations of society through improving consistencyalignment of the policy with the environment, public health, animal health, plant health and animal welfare objectives. Conditionality shouldwill form an integral part of the environmental architecture of the CAP, as part of the baseline for more ambitious environmental and climate commitments, and shouldmust be comprehensively applied across the Union. For those farmers who do not comply with those requirements, Member States should. A common European framework ensures that proportionate, effective and dissuasive penalties are appliedput in place in accordance with [the HZR Regulation].
Amendment 643 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) The Commission shall guarantee the strict implementation of Union legislation at all times and in all Member States concerning animal welfare, environmental protection, climate action and food security. Consequently, the Commission shall apply systematically the appropriate sanctions and penalties in case of repeated infringements by Member States.
Amendment 649 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) The framework of standards of GAECs aims towill contribute to the mitigation and adaptation to climate change, the tackling of water challenges, the protection and quality of soil and the protection and quality of biodiversity. The framework needs to be enhancedis to take into account in particular the practices set until 2020 under the greening of direct payments, the mitigation of climate change and the need to improve farms sustainability, and in particular the nutrients management. It is acknowledged that each GAEC contributes to multiple objectives. In order to implement the framework, Member States should define a national standard forin line with each of the minimum standards set at Union level taking into account the specific characteristics of the area concerned, including soil and climatic conditions, existing farming conditions, land use, annual crop rotation, farming practices and farm structures. Member States may also define in addition other national standards related to the main objectives laid down in Annex III in order to improve the environmental and climate delivery of the GAEC framework. As part of GAEC framework, in order to support both the agronomic and the environmental performance of farms, nutrient management plans will be established with the help of a dedicated electronic Farm Sustainability Tool made available by the Member States to individual farmers. The tool should provide on-farm decision support starting from minimum nutrient management functionalities and including water and soil management, input reductions and biodiversity measures. A wide interoperability and modularity should also ensure the possibility to add other electronic on-farm and e-governance applications. In order to ensure a level playing field between farmers and across the Union, the Commission may provide support to the Member States in the design of the Tool as well as with the data storage and processing services required.
Amendment 657 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) SMRs need to be fully implemented by Member States in order to become operational at farm level and ensure equal treatment of farmers. To ensure the consistency of the rules on conditionality in enhancing the sustainability of the policy, SMRs should encompass main Union legislation on environment, public health, animal health, plant health and animal welfare for which implementation at national level implyies precise obligations on individual farmers, including obligations under Council Directive 92/43/EEC11 and Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council12 or Council Directive 91/676/EEC.13 In order to follow up on the joint statement made by the European Parliament and the Council as annexed to Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council,14 the relevant provisions of Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council15 and Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council16 are included as SMRs into the scope of conditionality and the list of GAEC standards is adapted accordingly. _________________ 11 Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7). 12 Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds (OJ L 20, 26.1.2010, p. 7). 13 Council Directive 91/676/EEC of 12 December 1991 concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources (OJ L 375, 31.12.1991, p. 1). 14 Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 352/78, (EC) No 165/94, (EC) No 2799/98, (EC) No 814/2000, (EC) No 1290/2005 and (EC) No 485/2008 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 549). 15 Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy (OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 1). 16 Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for Community action to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 71).
Amendment 658 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Member States should set up and put in place procedures for avoidance of conflicts of interest for farm advisory services for the purpose ofwhose objective is improving the sustainable management and overall performance of agricultural holdings and rural businesses, covering economic, environmental and social dimensions and the specific objectives of this regulation referred to in Article 6, and to identify the necessary improvements as regards all measures at farm level provided for in the CAP Strategic Plans. These farm advisory services should help farmers and other beneficiaries of CAP support to become more aware of the relationship between farm management and land management on the one hand, and certain standards, requirements and information, including environmental and climate ones as well as animal welfare, on the other hand. The list of the latter includes standards applying to or necessary for farmers and other CAP beneficiaries and set in the CAP Strategic Plan, as well as those stemming from the legislation on water, on and the sustainablreduction of the use of pesticides, as well as agro- ecological measures, the promotion of the sustainable management of nutrients, the initiatives to combat antimicrobial resistance and the management of risks. In order to enhance the quality and effectiveness of the advice, Member States should set out procedures for avoidance of conflicts of interest, and integrate advisors within the Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS), in order to be able to deliver up-to-date technological and scientific information developed by research and innovation.
Amendment 683 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) In order to ensure a fairer distribution of income support, the amounts of direct payments above a certain ceiling should be reduced and the product should either be used for decoupled direct payments and in prioritirstly for the ecomplementary redistributive income support for sustainability, or be transferred to the EAFRD. In order to avoid negative effects on employment, labour should be taken into account when applying the mechanism- schemes, and secondly be transferred to the EAFRD. Payments for the eco-schemes shall not be touched by the ceiling.
Amendment 690 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25 a (new)
Recital 25 a (new)
(25 a) The European Court of Auditors notes in its opinion No 7/2018 that the largest part of the budget would continue to be hectare based direct payments to farmers. However, this instrument is not appropriate for addressing the many environmental and societal concerns, nor is it the most efficient way of assuring a viable income for farmers. They also critisise the lack of necessary elements of an effective performance system as well as fewer and less effective checks and audits.
Amendment 691 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25 a (new)
Recital 25 a (new)
(25a) In view of the many conflicts of interest involved and the fact that, in this instance, income support is unnecessary, it is not appropriate that ministers of agriculture, civil servants and members of the agriculture committees of the relevant parliaments who receive income support should take decisions on this form of assistance. The same should apply if members of their families are receiving income support.
Amendment 700 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Union legislation should provide that Member States should set requirements in terms of minimum area for receiving decoupled payments in their CAP Strategic Plan. Such requirements should relate to the need to avoid the excessive administrative burden caused by managing numerous payments of small amounts and to that of ensuring an effective contribution of the support to the objectives of the CAP to which the decoupled direct payments contribute. In order to guarantee a minimum level of agricultural income support for all genuine farmers, as well as to comply with the Treaty objective in ensuring a fair standard of living for the agricultural community, an annual area- based decoupled payment should be established as the type of intervention ‘basic income support for sustainability’. In order to enhance better targeting of this support, the payment amounts can be differentiated, by groups of territories, based on socio- economic and/or agronomic conditions. In view of avoiding disruptive effects for farmers' income, Member States may choose to implement the basic income support for sustainability based on payment entitlements. In this case, the value of payment entitlements before any further convergence should be proportional to their value as established under the basic payment schemes pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, taking also into account the payments for agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment. Member States should also achieve a furtherll convergence by 2027 in order to continue to move progressivelymove away from historical values.
Amendment 706 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26 a (new)
Recital 26 a (new)
(26a) On the basis of socioeconomic and/or agronomic conditions, Member States may differentiate between groups of areas, subject to the proviso that the differentiation works to the benefit of regions with natural or area-specific disadvantages. Member States should set a higher hectare figure for areas with grassland.
Amendment 711 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) When providing decoupled direct support based on the system of payment entitlements, Member States should continue to manage a national reserve or reserves per group of territories. Such reserves should be used, as a matter of priority, for young farmers and farmers commencing their agricultural activity. Rules on the use and transfers of payment entitlements are also necessary in order to guarantee a smooth functioning of the system and to avoid a market for payment entitlements.
Amendment 721 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) Small farms remain a cornerstone of Union agriculture as they play a vital role in supporting rural employment and contribute to social cohesion in rural areas and to territorial development. In order to promote a more balanced distribution of support and to reduce administrative burden for beneficiaries of small amounts, Member States should have the option ofall offering to small farmers the possibility of replacing the other direct payments by providing a round somelump sum payment for small farmers.
Amendment 726 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) In view of the acknowledged need to promote a more balanced distribution of support towards small and/or medium- sized farmers in a visible and measurable way, a specific decoupled payment per hectare, the complementary redistributive income support for sustainability, should be established at Union level. To allow for a better targeting of this complementary support and in view of acknowledging the differences in farm structures across the Union, Member States should have the possibility to provide different amounts of complementary support to different ranges of hectares. The size of the hectares should be limited to the average size of farms in the Member State concerned.
Amendment 730 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) In view of the acknowledged need to promote a more balanced distribution of support towards small and/or medium- sized farmers in a visible and measurable way, a specific decoupled payment per hectare, the complementary redistributive income support for sustainability, should be established at Union level. To allow for a better targeting of this complementary support and in view of acknowledging the differences in farm structures across the Union, Member States should have the possibility to provide different amounts of complementary support to different ranges of hectares.
Amendment 732 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) The creation and development of new economic activity in the agricultural sector by young farmers is financially challenging and constitutes an element that should be considered in the allocation and targeting of direct payments. This development is essential for the competitiveness of the agricultural sector in the Union and, for this reason, Member States may establish a complementary income support for young farmers. This type of interventions should be established to provide young farmers with an additional income support after the initial setting up. In order to ensure that as many young farmers and new entrants as possible receive support, the amount of additional income support paid to each recipient should be limited to a number of hectares which reflects average farm size in the Member State concerned.
Amendment 744 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) The CAP should ensure that Member States increase the environmental delivery by respecting local needs and farmers' actual circumstances while contributing to the overall EU effort. Member States should under direct payments in the CAP Strategic Plan set up Eco-schemes voluntary for farmers, which should be fully coordinated with the other relevant interventions and where an organic farming premia for the maintenance of and the conversion to organic land as well as premia for area-based livestock farming with maximum 2 livestock units per hectare is mandatory. They should be defined by the Member States as a payment granted either for incentivising and remunerating the provision of public goods by agricultural practices beneficial to the environment and climate or as a compensation for the introduction of these practices. In both cases they should aim at enhancing the environmental and climate performance of the CAP and should consequently be conceived to go beyond the mandatory requirements already prescribed by the system of conditionality. Member States may decide to set up eco- schemes forto promote all kind of agricultural practices such as, amongst others, the enhanced management of permanent pastures and landscape features, and organic farmingagro- forestry. Member States shall incorporate environmental certification schemes, such as organic farming and the promotion of extensive livestock rearing in the list of eco-schemes. These schemes may also include ‘entry-level schemes’ which may be a condition for taking up more ambitious rural development commitments.
Amendment 760 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31 a (new)
Recital 31 a (new)
(31 a) Organic farming is developing in many Member States and has a proven track record for delivering public goods, for example safeguarding ecosystem services and natural resources, creating new jobs, especially for young farmers and women and meeting societal demands. But the growth in demand is bigger than the one in production. Member States shall ensure that their CAP Strategic Plan incentivises an increase in the share of organically farmed agricultural land in order to satisfy the growing demand for organic products and to further improve the whole organic supply chain.
Amendment 761 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31 a (new)
Recital 31 a (new)
(31a) As part of the eco-schemes, Member States may also support procedures which foster biodiversity and climate protection on arable and fodder- growing land, payments in Natura 2000 areas, payments for measures taken under the EU Water Framework Directive and particularly animal-friendly procedures which are beneficial for the environment and the climate.
Amendment 763 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) Member States should be allowed to use part of their financial ceiling available for direct payments for coupled income support in order to improve competitiveness, sustainability, and/or quality in certain sectors and productions that are particularly important for social, economic or environmental reasons and undergo certain difficulties. Member States should explain clearly in their Strategic Plan the reasons why granting coupled support would provide added value for economic, social or environmental objectives and why similar aims could not be reached by rural development measures. Furthermore, Member States should also be allowed to use an additional part of their financial ceiling available for direct payments to grant coupled income support specifically for the support of protein crop production in order to reduce the Union's deficit and the imports from third countries in this regard.
Amendment 781 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) Sectoral types of interventions are needed to contribute to the CAP objectives and reinforce synergies with other CAP instruments. In line with the delivery model, minimum requirements concerning the contents and objectives for such sectoral types of interventions should be elaborated at Union level in order to ensure a level playing field in the internal market and avoid conditions of unequal and unfair competition. Member States should justify their inclusion in their CAP Strategic Plans and ensure consistency with other interventions at sectoral level. The broad types of interventions to be established at Union level should cover the sectors of fruit and vegetables, wine, apiculture products, olive oil and table olives, hops and other products to be defined in Article 39, for which the establishment of sectoral programs is deemed to have beneficial effects on the achievement of some or all of the general and specific objectives of the CAP pursued by this Regulation.
Amendment 789 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) For interventions for rural development, principles are defined at Union level, particularly with regard to the basic requirements for the Member States to apply selection criteria. However, Member States should have ample discretion to define specific conditions according to their needs. Types of interventions for rural development include payments for environmental, climate and other management commitments that Member States should support throughout their territories, in accordance with their national, regional or local specific needs. Member States should grant payments to farmers and other land managers who undertake, on a voluntary basis, management commitments that contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation and to the protection and improvement of the environment including water quality and quantity, air quality, soil, biodiversity and ecosystem services including voluntary commitments in Natura 2000 and support for genetic diversity. Support under payments for management commitments may also be granted in the form of locally-led, integrated or cooperative approaches and result-based interventions and thus reach the relevant actors, such as farm owners, local authorities, landscape conservation associations or other land managers.
Amendment 805 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) Support for management commitments may include organic farming premia for the maintenance of and the conversion to organic land; payments for other types of interventions supporting environmentally friendly production systems such as agro-ecology, conservation agricultureagro- forestry and integrated production; forest environmental and climate services and forest conservation; premia for forests and establishment of agroforestry systems; animal welfare; conservation, sustainable use and development of genetic resources and biodiversity. Member States may develop other schemes under this type of interventions on the basis of their needs. This type of payments should cover an incentive component additional costs and, income foregone only resulting from commitments going beyond the baseline of mandatory standards and requirements established in Union and national law, as well as conditionality, as laid down in the CAP Strategic Plan. Commitments related to this type of interventions may be undertaken for a pre-established annual or pluri-annual period and might go beyond seven years where duly justified.
Amendment 807 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 28 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Member States shall ensure that support for schemes for the climate and the environment account for at least 50 % of direct payments under EAGF.
Amendment 813 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) Forestry measures should contribute widening the use of agroforestry systems and to the implementation of the Union Forest Strategy, and be based on Member States' national or sub-national forest programs or equivalent instruments, which should build on the commitments stemming from the Regulation on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emission and removals from land use, land use energy and forestry [LULUCF Regulation] and those made in the Ministerial Conferences on the Protection of Forests in Europe. Interventions should be based on forest management plans or equivalent instruments and may comprise forest area development and sustainable management of forests, including the afforestation of land and the creation and regeneration of agroforestry systems; the protection, restoration and improvement of forest resources, taking into account adaptation needs; investments to guarantee and enhance forest conservation and resilience, and the provision of forest ecosystem and climate services; and measures and investments in support of the renewable energy and bio-economy.
Amendment 821 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) In order to ensure a fair income and a resilient agricultural sector across the Union territory, Member States may grant support to farmers in areas facing natural and other area-specific constraints. As regards payments for ANC, the designation of the 2014-2020 Rural Development policy should continue to apply. For the CAP to deliver enhanced Union added value on the environment and reinforce its synergies with the financing of investments in nature and biodiversity, it is necessary to keep a separate measure aiming at compensating beneficiaries for disadvantages related to the implementation of Natura 2000 and Water Framework Directives. Support should therefore continue to be granted to farmers and forest holders to help address specific disadvantages resulting from the implementation of Directive 2009/147/EC and Directive 92/43/EEC and in order to contribute to the effective management of Natura 2000 sites. Support should also be made available to farmers to help address disadvantages in river basin areas resulting from the implementation of the Water Framework Directive. Support should be linked to specific requirements described in the CAP Strategic Plans that go beyond relevant mandatory standards and requirements. Member States should also ensure that payments to farmers do not lead to double funding with eco schemes, while at the same time allowing enough flexibility in Strategic Plans to promote complementarity between different interventions. Furthermore, the specific needs of Natura 2000 areas should be taken into accounmet by Member States in the overall design of their CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 829 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) The objectives of the CAP should also be pursued through support for investments, productive as well as non- productive, on farm as well as off-farm. Such investments may concern, inter aliawhich aim to strengthen farm's resilience and diversification. Such investments may concern, inter alia, equipment to shift production due to changing consumer demand, infrastructures related to the development, modernisation or adaptation to climate change of agriculture and forestry, including access to farm and forest land, land consolidation and improvement, agro- forestry practices, intangible studies and investments associated with the maintenance, restoration and upgrading of the cultural and natural heritage of villages, rural landscapes and high nature value sites, including related socio- economic aspects; the drawing up and updating of plans for the development of municipalities and villages in rural areas and their basic services and of protection and management plans relating to Natura 2000 sites and other areas of high nature value with a view to improving the quality of life or increasing the environmental performance of the settlement, and the supply and saving of energy and water. In order to better ensure the consistency of the CAP Strategic Plans with Union objectives, as well as a level playing field between Member States, a negative list of investment topics is included in this Regulation.
Amendment 860 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
Recital 43
(43) Young farmers and new entrants still face significant barriers regarding access to land, high prices and access to credit. Their businesses are more threatened by price volatility (for both inputs and produce) and their needs in terms of training in entrepreneurial and, risk prevention and management skills are high. It is therefore essential to continue the support for the setting up of new businesses and new farms. Member States should provide for a strategic approach and identify a clear and coherent set of interventions for generational renewal under the specific objective dedicated to this issue. To this aim, Member States may set in their CAP Strategic Plans preferential conditions for financial instruments for young farmers and new entrants, and should include in their CAP Strategic Plan the ring-fencing of at least an amount corresponding to 2% of the annual direct payments' envelope. An increase of the maximum amount of aid for the installation of young farmers and rural business start-ups, up to EUR 100.000, which can be accessed also through or in combination with financial instrument form of support, should be established.
Amendment 873 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
(44) In the light of the need to ensure appropriate risk management tools, insurance premia for adverse climatic events assimilated to natural disasters, adverse climatic events, animals, plant diseases or pest infestations and mutual funds should be maintained, financed by the EAFRD. The category of mutual funds encompasses both those linked to production losses, and the general and sector-specific income stabilisation tools, linked to income losses.
Amendment 883 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45
Recital 45
(45) Support should enable the establishment and implementation of cooperation between at least two entities in view of achieving CAP objectives. Support can entail all aspects of such cooperation, such as the setting up of quality schemes; collective environmental and climate action; the promotion of short supply chain and local markets; pilot projects; Operational Group projects within the EIP for agricultural productivity and sustainability local development projects, Smart Villages, buyers' clubs and machinery rings; farm partnerships; forest management plans; networks and clusters; social farming; community supported agriculture; actions within the scope of LEADER; and the setting up of producer groups and producer organisations, as well as other forms of rural community cooperation cooperation deemed necessary to achieve the specific objectives of the CAP, particularly rural development.
Amendment 895 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45 a (new)
Recital 45 a (new)
(45a) Member States should ensure that support is provided for the establishment and further development of forestry associations.
Amendment 900 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46
Recital 46
(46) The Communication on ‘The Future of Food and Farming’ mentions the exchange of knowledge and focus on innovation as a cross cutting objective for the new CAP. The CAP should continue to support the interactive innovation model, which enhances the collaboration between actors to make best use of complementary types of knowledge with a view to spreading practical solutions. Farm advisory services should be free of conflicts of interests and strengthened within the AKIS. The CAP Strategic Plan should provide information on how advisory services, research and rural networks will work together. Each Member State or region, as appropriate, can fund a number of actions aimed at knowledge exchange and innovation, using the types of interventions developed in this Regulation.
Amendment 912 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48
Recital 48
(48) The EAGF should not provide support to activities that would harm the environment, or which are not consistent with climate and environment objectives in line with sustainable agricultural management principles. Support for direct payments under the CAP Strategic Plans should be granted within national allocations to be fixed by this Regulation. These national allocations should reflect a continuation of the changes whereby the allocations to Member States with the lowest support level per hectare are gradually increased to close 50% of the gap towards 90% of the Union average. In order to take into account the reduction of payments' mechanism and the use of its product in the Member State, the total indicative financial allocations per year in the CAP Strategic Plan of a Member State should be allowed to exceed the national allocation.
Amendment 934 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50
Recital 50
(50) EAFRD should not provide support to investments that would harm the environment, or which are not consistent with climate and environment objectives in line with sustainable agricultural management principles. . Hence it is necessary to provide in this Regulation a number of exclusion rules, as well as the possibility to further develop these guarantees in delegated acts. Notably, the EAFRD should not finance investments in irrigation which do not contribute towards the achievement, or the preservation, of good status of the associated water body or bodies and investments in afforestation which are not consistent with climate and environmental objectives in line with sustainable forest management principles.
Amendment 940 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 51
Recital 51
(51) For the purpose of ensuring adequate financing for certain priorities, rules on minimum financial allocations for these priorities should be set for the support under EAFRD. For the sake of ensuring a level playing field between farmers, a maximum allocation should also be set for the coupled support under direct payments. Furthermore, Member States should also be allowed to use an additional part of their financial ceiling available for direct payments to grant coupled income support specifically for improving the competitiveness, sustainability, and/or quality of the protein crop production in order to reduce imports from third countries.
Amendment 945 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52
Recital 52
(52) Reflecting the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union's commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and considering that the agricultural sector is a major GHG emitter, this Program will contribute to mainstreaming climate action in the Union's policies and to the achievement of an overall target of 25% of the EU budget expenditures supporting climate objectives. Actions under the CAP are expected to contribute 40 % of the overall financial envelope of the CAP to climate objectives. Relevant actions will be identspecified during the Program's preparation and implementation, and reassessed in the context of the relevant evaluations and review processes.
Amendment 951 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52 a (new)
Recital 52 a (new)
(52 a) In order to tackle the loss of biodiversity in line with the Union's commitments to implement the Convention on Biological Diversity and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the Member States shall provide biodiversity measures under Articles 28, 65 and 67 and provide appropriate funding which helps to achieve the specific objectives of Article 6 (f).
Amendment 953 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52 b (new)
Recital 52 b (new)
(52 b) Taking into account the numerous challenges in the field of environment and with regard to animal welfare, the CAP shall contribute to 50 % of the overall financial envelope of the CAP to the specific objectives referred to in Article 6 (1) (d),(e), (f) and (i) of this Regulation and include only those measures in Articles 28, 65, 67, 68 (4) a. Member states shall report to the Commission each year on specific contributions out of the EAGF and EAFRD to these objectives.
Amendment 956 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 54
Recital 54
(54) To enhance the Union added value and to preserve a functioning agricultural internal market, as well as to pursue the above-mentioned general and specific objectives, Member States should not take decisions according to this Regulation in isolation but in the framework of a structured process that should materialise in a CAP Strategic Plan. Union top-down rules should lay down the specific EU- wide objectives of the CAP, the main types of interventions, the performance framework and the governance structure. Such a distribution of tasks is aimed at ensuring full correspondence between financial resources invested and results achieved. All Member States should implement quantifiable and measurable performance objectives in their strategic plan, which are to be achieved on an annual basis as well as by 2027.
Amendment 966 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55
Recital 55
(55) In order to ensure a clear strategic nature of these CAP Strategic Plans, and to facilitate the links with other Union policies, and notably with established long- term national targets deriving from Union legislation or international agreements such as those related to climate change, forests, biodiversity, and water, policy co-ordination for development (PCD) and it is appropriate that there should be one single CAP Strategic Plan per Member State.
Amendment 977 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 56
Recital 56
(56) In the process of development of their CAP Strategic Plans, Member States should analyse their specific situation and needs, set targets linked to the achievement of the objectives of the CAP and design the interventions which will allow reaching these targets, while being adapted to the national and specific regional contexts, including the outermost regions pursuant to Article 349 TFEU. Such process should promote more subsidiarityimplification within a common Union framework, while compliance with the generalwider principles of Union law and the objectives of the CAP should be ensured. It is therefore appropriate to set rules on the structure and content of the CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 979 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 57
Recital 57
(57) In order to ensure that the setting of targets by Member States and that the design of interventions is appropriate and maximises the contribution to the objectives of the CAP, it is necessary to base the strategy of the CAP Strategic Plans on a prior analysis of the local contexts and an assessment of needs in relation to the objectives of the CAP. In that connection, Member States should also set out details of how they address country-specific problems, such as the flight from the land and land ownership concentration, desertification, water quality or biodiversity loss.
Amendment 997 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 59
Recital 59
(59) The strategy should also highlight complementarity both between CAP tools and with the other Union policies. In particular, each CAP Strategic Plan should take account of environmental and climate legislation where appropriate, and national plans emanating from this legislation should be described as part of the analysis of the current situation ('SWOT analysis'). It is appropriate to list tThe legislative instruments which should specifically be referred to in the CAP Strategic Plan must be listed.
Amendment 1010 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 64
Recital 64
(64) In view of the concerns related to administrative burden under shared management, simplification should also be subject to a specthe CAP Strategic Plan should also incorporate a special section on simplific attention which sets out proposals for reducing the CAP Strategic Planbureaucratic burden at farm level and the changes by comparison with the existing arrangements.
Amendment 1041 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) environmental, climate and other management and climate commitments;
Amendment 1049 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – title
Article 65 – title
Environmental, climate and other management and climate commitments
Amendment 1052 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 76
Recital 76
(76) Mechanisms should be in place to take action to protect the Union’s financial interests in case the CAP Strategic Plan implementation deviates significantly from the targets set. Member States may thus be asked to submit action plans in case of significant and non-justified underperformance. This could lead to suspensions and, in the end, reductions of the Union funds if the planned results are not achieved. Moreover, an overall performance bonus is established as part of the incentive mechanism based on allocating the performance bonus, in view of encouraging good environmental and climate performances.
Amendment 1054 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 1
Article 65 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may grant payments for environmental, climate and other management and climate commitments under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 1057 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 83
Recital 83
(83) In order to ensure legal certainty, protect the rights of farmers and guarantee a smooth, coherent and efficient functioning of types of interventions in the form of direct payments, the power to adopt certain acts should be delegated to the Commission in respect of rules making the granting of payments conditional upon the use of certified seeds of certain hemp varieties and the procedure for the determination of hemp varieties and the verification of their tetrahydrocannabinol content; rules for good agricultural and environmental condition and certain related elements in respect of the eligibility requirements; and on the content of the declaration and the requirements for the activation of payment entitlements; further rules on eco-schemes; measures to avoid that beneficiaries of coupled income support suffering from structural market imbalances in a sector, including the decision that such support may continue to be paid until 2027 on the basis of the production units for which it was granted in a past reference period; rules and conditions for the authorisation of land and varieties for the purposes of the crop- specific payment for cotton and rules on the conditions for the granting of that payment.
Amendment 1060 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 4
Article 65 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall only grant payments to farmers and other beneficiaries who undertake, on a voluntary basis, management commitments which are considered to be beneficial to achieving the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1)points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 6(1). Priority should be given to measures that specifically target local environmental conditions and requirements and help achieve the objectives of the legislation set out in Annex XI.
Amendment 1112 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) 'targets' means pre-agreed values to be achieved at the end of the period in relation to the result and impact indicators included under a specific objective;
Amendment 1136 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) 'agricultural activity' shall be defined in a way that it includes both the production of agricultural products listed in Annex I to the TFEU, including cotton and short rotation coppice, and maintenance of the agricultural area in a state which makes it suitable for grazing or cultivation, without preparatory action going beyond usual agricultural methods and machineries; This shall include activities of biotope and landscape conservation where they meet the specific objectives set out in Article 6 (d), (e) and (f).
Amendment 1137 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 2
Article 68 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may only grant support under this type of interventions for tangible and/or intangible investments, which contribute to achieving the specific objectives set out in Article 6, demonstrably have no harmful effects on the environment, and do not contribute to polluting activities. Support to the forestry sector shall be based on a forest management plan or equivalent instrument.
Amendment 1149 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) purchase of animals, annual plants and their planting other than for the purpose of restoring agricultural or forestry potential following natural disaster and catastrophic events; animals used in place of machines in difficult terrain to protect the landscape or to guard against large predators are also exempted from this point;
Amendment 1170 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
(iii) 'permanent grassland and permanent pasture' (together referred to as 'permanent grassland') shall be land not included in the crop rotation of the holding for five years or more, used to grow grasses or other herbaceous forage naturally (self-seeded) or through cultivation (sown). The areas shall include pasture which is used in established local extensive grazing practices, including all naturally occurring plant matter, irrespective of the presence or pre- dominance of grasses and other herbaceous forage. It may include other species such as shrubs and/or trees which can be grazed or produce animal feed; following species, including where they constitute a valuable feature of the land from a nature conservation point of view and/or are useful in terms of animal welfare (providing shade) in the pasture areas: (a) shrubs and/or trees which can be grazed or produce animal feed; (b) other species (such as sour grasses, trees, shrubs) and small landscape features (such as rocky outcrops or terraces)
Amendment 1171 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) investments in bio-energy products which do not meet the sustainability criteria set out in the Renewable Energy Directive, including limits on particular raw materials.
Amendment 1204 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 1
Article 70 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shallmay grant support for risk management tools under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 1210 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 2
Article 70 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shallmay grant support under this type of interventions in order to promote risk-reducing agricultural practices which increase resilience against natural hazards and hazards arising from climate change, as well as in order to promote risk management tools, which help genuine farmers manage production and income risks related to their agricultural activity which are outside their control and which contribute to achieving the specific objectives set out in Article 6.
Amendment 1219 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 70 – paragraph 3 – point a
Amendment 1238 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) 'genuine farmers' shall be defined in a way to ensure that no support is granted to those whose agricultural activity forms only an insignificant part of their overall economic activities or whose principal business activity is not agricultural, while not precluding from support pluri-active farmers or those managing the land for environmental purposes. The definition shall allow to determine which farmers are not considered genuine farmers, based on conditions such as income tests, labour inputs on the farm, company object and/or inclusion in registers.
Amendment 1274 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
At least 3070 % of the total EAFRD contribution to the CAP Strategic Plan and of direct EAGF payments as set out in Annexes IV and IX shall be reserved for interventions addressing the specific environmental- and climate-related objectives set out in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 6(1) of this Regulation, excluding interventions based on Article 66which are linked to specific environmental and climate objectives as set out in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 6(1) of this Regulation or to meeting the social demands as set out in point (i) of that Article. The Member States may choose the proportion of EAFRD and direct EAGF payments used for the aforementioned goals, provided that the overall total is 70 %. The previous paragraph notwithstanding, at least 50 % of the total EAFRD contribution to the CAP Strategic Plan as set out in Annex IX and at least 50 % of the total EAGF contribution to the CAP Strategic Plan as set out in Annex IV shall be reserved for interventions addressing the specific environmental- and climate-related objectives set out in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 6(1) of this Regulation, consisting exclusively of measures set out in Articles 28, 28 a (new), 65, 67, and point (a) of Article 68(4). The Member States may choose the proportion of EAFRD and direct EAGF payments used for the aforementioned goals, provided that the overall total is 50 %.
Amendment 1279 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point iii a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point iii a (new)
(iii a) the start-up of an agricultural business fullfilling the conditions in Article 4 (1) e (ii) and (iii) but regardless of the age.
Amendment 1285 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 1292 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(e a) ‘maximum stocking density’ shall be the maximum of two livestock units allowed per hectare of ‘agricultural area”.
Amendment 1309 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to foster a smart, resilient and diversified agricultural sector ensuring food security;
Amendment 1342 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 90 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 90 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 1347 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) support viable farm household income and resilience across the Union to enhance food securitylong-term food and nutrition security while limiting overproduction;
Amendment 1357 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 92 – paragraph 1
Article 92 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall aim to make, throughIn their CAP Strategic Plans and in particular through the elements of the intervention strategy referred to in point (a) of Article 97(2), a greater overall contribution to the achievement ofthe Member States shall allocate a greater overall percentage of the budget to achieve the specific environmental- and climate-related objectives set out in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 6(1) in comparison to the overall contribution mapercentage of the budget provided to the achievement of the objective laid down in point (b) of the first subparagraph of Article 110(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 through support under the EAGF and the EAFRD in the period 2014 to 2020. The Member States shall make the following comparisons for the percentages of funds allocated to individual measures: (a) measures set out in point Article 28 of this Regulation compared to Article 43 of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 (b) interventions in accordance with Articles 65 and 67 and point (a) of Article 68(4) compared to point (d) of Article 17, Articles 21 to 23, 25 and 34 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013.
Amendment 1366 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) enhance market orientation and increase competitivenes, improvement of the economic viability of farms on the local, national and international markets and short supply chains, including greater focus on research, technology and digitalisation and value added products such as organic;
Amendment 1367 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 92 – paragraph 2
Article 92 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall explain in their CAP Strategic Plans, on the basis of available information, how they intend to achieve the greater overall contribution set out to in paragraph 1, including how they intend to ensure that the objectives set out on the basis of the indicators listed in Article 91(1) will constitute an improvement to the current situation. That explanation shall be based on relevant information such as the elements referred to in points (a) to (f) of Article 95(1) and in points (a) and (b) of Article 95(2).
Amendment 1380 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 94 – paragraph 2
Article 94 – paragraph 2
2. The body of the Member State responsible for drawing up the CAP Strategic Plan shall ensure that the competent authorities for the environment and climate are effectivefully involved in the preparation of the environmental and climate aspects of the planevery element of the plan, and in particular, that they have joint responsibility for the environmental and climate aspects of the plan, including the establishment of environmental objectives on the basis of the result and impact indicators, Articles 28, 28 a (new) and 65- 67.
Amendment 1388 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) environmental, economic and social partners;
Amendment 1392 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) relevant bodies representing the non-commercial objectives of civil society and where relevant bodies responsible for promoting social inclusion, fundamental rights, gender equality and non- discrimination.
Amendment 1395 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation, as well as sustainable energyincluding soil carbon sequestration, in line with relevant international agreements;
Amendment 1397 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
All partners listed under point (b) shall have equal representation, and a balanced distribution must be made between (b) and (c). Member States shall involve those partners in the preparation and implementation of the CAP Strategic Plans, including by having them participate in the Monitoring Committee as set out in Article 111.
Amendment 1400 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
The organisation and implementation of the partnership shall be carried out in accordance with Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 240/2014.
Amendment 1405 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) foster sustainable development and efficient managementenvironmental conservation and preservation of natural resources such as water, soil and air; reaching the good state foreseen in the relevant legislative instruments;
Amendment 1415 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) contribute to the protection of biodiversity, enhance ecosystem services and preserv in particular pollinators, lessen the dependency on pesticides, enhance ecosystem services, nature conservation, agroforestry and preserve and restore habitats and landscapes;
Amendment 1431 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) attract young farmers and new entrants, in particular women, and facilitate business development in rural areas;
Amendment 1455 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) promote employment, decent jobs, growth, social inclusion, gender equality and local development in rural areas, including bio-economy and sustainable forestry;
Amendment 1473 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) improve the response of EUaddress agriculture to societal challenges and demands on food and health, including safe, nutritious and sustainable food, food wasta reduction of food waste and antibiotics use, as well as enhanced animal welfare.
Amendment 1485 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(i a) systematically take into account the objectives of development cooperation and contribute to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, avoiding negative external impacts of the Union's policies on developing countries and their populations.
Amendment 1517 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) impact indicators related to the objectives set out in Articles 5 and 6(1) and used in the context of the CAP Strategic Planfor establishing quantified performance targets in respect to the specific objectives in the CAP Strategic Plans and assessing progress made towards the targets and of the CAP.
Amendment 1540 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 138 amending Annex I to adapt the common output, result and impact indicators to take into account the experience with their application and, where needed, to add new indicators. The Commission shall make a full assessment on the effectiveness of the output, result and impact indicators in Annexe I, and present specific solutions to strengthen the results-based approach of the CAP. The report shall be part of the impact assessment and legislative proposals for the CAP after 2027.
Amendment 1579 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Those interventions shall also respect the provisions of the additional paragraph of Annex 2 to the WTO Agreement on Agriculture as set out in Annex II to this Regulation. Interventions belonging to types of interventions other than the basic income support for sustainability, the complementary redistributive income support for sustainability, the complementary income support for young farmers and the schemes for the climate and the environment may instead respect a different paragraph of Annex 2 to the WTO Agreement on Agriculture if that is justified in the CAP Strategic Plan.
Amendment 1594 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall include in their CAP Strategic Plans a system of conditionality, under which an effective and disuassive system of administrative penalty shall be imposed on all beneficiaries receiving direct payments under Chapter II of this Title or the annual premia under Articles 65, 66 and 67the EAGF and EAFRD who do not comply with the statutory management requirements under Union law and the standards for good agricultural and environmental condition of land established in the CAP Strategic Plan, as listed in Annex III, relating to the following specific areas:
Amendment 1604 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) the rights of workers and social standards.
Amendment 1638 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that all agricultural areas including land which is no longer used for production purposes, is maintained in good agricultural and environmental condition. Member States shall define, at national or regional level, minimum standards for beneficiaries for good agricultural and environmental condition of land in line with the main objective of the standards as referred to in Annex III, taking into account the specific characteristics of the areas concerned, including soil and climatic condition, existing farming systems, land use, crop rotation, farming practices, and farm structuresand ensures the land contributes to the specific objectives as set out in article 6 (d), (e), and (f).
Amendment 1666 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall establish a system for providinge the Farm Sustainability Tool for Nutrients referred to in Annex III, with the minimum content and functionalities defined therein, to beneficiaries, who shall use the Tool to minimise the leakage of nutrients on farm level with the view of eliminating it.
Amendment 1692 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1706 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall include in the CAP Strategic Plan a system providing services for advising farmers and other beneficiaries of CAP support on land management and farm management ('farm advisory services') and allocate an appropriate budget for the funding of these services.
Amendment 1747 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point c
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point c
(c) farm practices reducing the use of antibiotics and preventing the development of antimicrobial resistance as set out in the Communication "A European One Health Action Plan against Antimicrobial Resistance”31 , Regulation (EU) No [2018/XXX] on veterinary medicinal products and Regulation (EU) No [2018/XXX] on the manufacture, placing on the market and use of medicated feed; _________________ 31 "A European One Health Action Plan against Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)" (COM(2017) 339 final).
Amendment 1764 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point f a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point f a (new)
(f a) findings from the use of the Farm Sustainability Tool for Nutrients as referred to in Article 12 (3);
Amendment 1776 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point f b (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point f b (new)
(f b) equal rights and opportunities for all beneficiaries, especially the promotion of gender equality in farming.
Amendment 1780 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point f c (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point f c (new)
(f c) assistance to farmers who wish to change production, in particular due to changes in consumer demand, with advice concerning the new skills and equipment required;
Amendment 1784 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point f d (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point f d (new)
(f d) support to sustainable agricultural activities such as agro-ecological practices;
Amendment 1788 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point f e (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point f e (new)
(f e) psychoscoial care and advice for farmers and their families.
Amendment 1800 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The following categories of beneficiaries shall not be eligible for income support from the EAGF: (a) national or regional politicians or civil servants who have direct or indirect responsibility for the planning, management or monitoring of the award of CAP grants; (b) family members of the persons referred to above.
Amendment 1803 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the basic income support for sustainability;
Amendment 1806 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the complementary redistributive income support for sustainability;
Amendment 1814 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) the schemes for the climate and, the environment and animal welfare.
Amendment 1850 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall reduce the amount of direct payments to be granted to a farmer pursuant to this Chapter for a given calendar year exceedingto EUR 60 000 as follows:;
Amendment 1855 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 1868 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 1884 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 1905 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 1919 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1934 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Amendment 1943 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 1956 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) direct payments for climate and environment schemes;
Amendment 1962 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 1983 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The estimated product of the reduction of payments shall primarily be used to contribute to the financing of the complementary redistributive income support for sustainability and thereafter of other interventions belonging to decoupled direct payschemes for the climate and the environments.
Amendment 2001 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Amendment 2036 #
Proposal for a regulation
Title 3 – chapter 2 – section 2 – subsection 2 – title
Title 3 – chapter 2 – section 2 – subsection 2 – title
Basic income support for sustainability
Amendment 2037 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall provide for a basic income support for sustainability ('basic income support') under the conditions set out in this Subsection and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 2060 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may decide to differentiate the amount of the basic income support per hectare amongst different groups of territories faced with similar socio-economic or agronomic conditions, provided that the differentiation benefits regions with a natural or area-specific disadvantage. Member States shall pay more per hectare for areas with grassland.
Amendment 2097 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 5
Article 20 – paragraph 5
5. For the purposes of paragraph 4, Member States shall ensure that, for claim year 2026 at the latest, all payment entitlements have a value of at least 75100% of the average planned unit amount for the basic income support for claim year 2026 as laid down in the CAP Strategic Plan transmitted in accordance with Article 106 (1) for the Member State or for the territories as defined in accordance with Article 18(2).
Amendment 2148 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. Except in the case of transfer by actual or anticipated inheritance, payment entitlements shall be transferred only to a genuine farmer and shall remain land- related.
Amendment 2156 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – title
Article 25 – title
25 RoundLump sum payment for small farmers
Amendment 2169 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1
Member States may grant payments to small farmers as defined by Member States by way of a roundlump sum, replacing direct payments under this Section and Section 3 of this Chapter. Member States shall design the corresponding intervention in the CAP Strategic Plan as optional for the farmers.
Amendment 2184 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – title
Article 26 – title
26 Complementary redistributive income support for sustainability
Amendment 2196 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Article 26 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall provide for a complementary redistributive income support for sustainability (‘redistributive income support’) under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 2218 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Article 26 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall establish an amount per hectare or different amounts for different ranges of hectares, as well as the maximum number of hectares per farmer, which may not exceed the average national farm size, for which the redistributive income support shall be paid.
Amendment 2268 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3
Article 27 – paragraph 3
3. The complementary income support for young farmers shall take the form of an annual decoupled payment per eligible hectare. The payment will be made for a total number of hectares which does not exceed the average farm size in the Member State concerned.
Amendment 2295 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1
Article 28 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall provide support for voluntary schemes for the climate and, the environment and animal welfare (‘eco- schemes’) under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 2316 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2
Article 28 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall support under this type of intervention genuine farmers and other land managers, who make commitments to observe, on eligible hectares, agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and, the environment and animal welfare.
Amendment 2333 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 3
Article 28 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall establish the list of agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment. where an organic farming premia for the maintenance of and the conversion to organic land as well as premia for area- based livestock farming with maximum 2 livestock units per hectare is mandatory;
Amendment 2364 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 4
Article 28 – paragraph 4
4. TEach of those practices ishall be designed to meet one or more of the specific environmental- and, climate- and animal welfare related objectives laid down in points (d), (e), (f) and (fi) of Article 6(1).
Amendment 2398 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – point b
(b) go beyond the minimum requirements for the reduction of the use of fertilisers and plant protection products, animal welfare, as well as other mandatory requirements established by national and Union law;
Amendment 2484 #
2. The Member States’ interventions shall help the supported sectors and productions or specific types of farming therein listed in Article 30 addressing the difficulty or difficulties they undergo by improving their competitiveness, their sustainability or their quality. The interventions must also help achieve the specific objectives detailed in Article 6(1) (d), (e) and (f).
Amendment 2491 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3
Article 29 – paragraph 3
3. Coupled income support shall take the form of an annual payment per hectare or animal and shall be granted within defined quantitative limits, be based on a fixed number of animals and the maximum stocking density referred in Article 4 shall be respected.
Amendment 2514 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Coupled income support may only be granted to the following sectors and productions or specific types of farming therein where these are important for economic, social or environmental reasons: cereals, oilseeds, protein crops, grain legumes, flax, hemp, rice, nuts, starch potato, milk and milk productpure fodder legumes or in combination with grass, grassland flax, hemp, rice, nuts, potatoes, seeds, sheepmeat and goatmeat, beef and veal, olive oil, silkworms, dried fodder, hops, sugar beet, cane and chicory, fruit and vegetables, short rotation coppice and other non-food crops, excluding trees, used for the production of products that have the potential to substitute fossil materials.
Amendment 2536 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Member States should explain clearly in their Strategic Plans the reasons why granting coupled support would provide added value for economic, social or environmental objectives and why similar aims could not be reached by rural development measures.
Amendment 2543 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2
Article 31 – paragraph 2
Amendment 2630 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) application or research and development of sustainable production methods, including pest resilience, and innovative practices boosting economic competitiveness and bolstering market developmentand environmental competitiveness; those objectives relate to the specific objectives set out in points (a), (c) and (i) of Article 6(1) ;
Amendment 2689 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) integrated production, promoting, developing and implementing methods of production respectful of the environment, environmentally sound cultivation practices and production techniques, sustainable use of natural resources in particular protection of water, soil and other natural resources, while reducing pesticide dependency;
Amendment 2725 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point o
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point o
(o) advisory services and technical assistance, in particular concerning sustainable pest control techniques, sustainablthe reduction of the use of pesticides and climate change adaptation and mitigation;
Amendment 2728 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point p
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point p
(p) training and exchange of best practices in particular concerning sustainable pest control techniques, sustainablthe reduction of the use of pesticides and contributing to climate change adaptation and mitigation.
Amendment 2760 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 2 – point k
Article 43 – paragraph 2 – point k
(k) advisory services and technical assistance, in particular concerning sustainable pest control techniques and sustainablthe reduction of the use of pesticides.
Amendment 2889 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) actions to support laboratories for the analysis of apiculture products, including bee losses or productivity drops;
Amendment 2896 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) actions to enhance product quality.;
Amendment 2898 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) measures to improve pollination and the health of honeybees and other wild pollinators;
Amendment 2908 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) measures to support of young or new beekeepers.
Amendment 2926 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 5
Article 49 – paragraph 5
5. When drawing up their CAP Strategic Plans Member States shall seek the advice of the representatives of organisations in the beekeeping field and the respective authorities including environmental authorities.
Amendment 2979 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) the reduction of the use of pesticides;
Amendment 3177 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 60 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) promotion, communication and marketing including actions and activities aimed in particular at raising consumer awareness about the Union quality schemes and the importance of healthy and sustainable diets, and at diversification of markets;
Amendment 3267 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) investments into farm resilience and diversification and into measures to diversify the rural economy, to support non-agricultural activities and to improve the framework conditions for locations of small and medium-sized business and basic services for the rural population;
Amendment 3277 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) installation of young farmers and, rural business start-ups and women;
Amendment 3314 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 65 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. To ensure the effectiveness of those schemes, Member States must provide funding for each scheme to establish independent scientific evaluation of the effectiveness of each scheme based on a robust sampling methodology. The results of this monitoring shall be made public by the public authority.
Amendment 3318 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 3
Article 65 – paragraph 3
3. Member States mayshall make support under this type of interventions available throughout their territories, in accordance with their national, regional or local specific needs.
Amendment 3322 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 4
Article 65 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall only grant payments to farmers and other beneficiarie, group of farmers and other land-managers who undertake, on a voluntary basis, management commitments which are considered to be beneficial to achieving the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1) (d), (e), and (f). Priority should be given to schemes which are specifically targeted towards addressing local environmental conditions and needs, and contribute to the achievement of the objectives set out in the legislation listed in Annex XI.
Amendment 3357 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 5 – point d a (new)
Article 65 – paragraph 5 – point d a (new)
(da) are used to prevent and mitigate attacks on livestock by predator species.
Amendment 3374 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 6
Article 65 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall compensate beneficiaries for costs incurred and income foregone resulting from the commitments made. Where necessary, they may also cover transaction costs and provide an additional incentive component. In duly justified cases, Member States may grant support as a flat-rate or as a one- off payment per unit. Payments shall be granted annually.
Amendment 3400 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 8
Article 65 – paragraph 8
8. Commitments shall be undertaken usually for a period of five to seven years. However, where necessary in order to achieve or maintain certain environmental benefits sought, Member States may determine a longer period in the CAP Strategic Plan for particular types of commitments, including by means of providing for their annual extension after the termination of the initial period. In exceptional and duly justified cases, and for new commitments directly following the commitment performed in the initial period, Member States may determine a shorter period in their CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 3421 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 10
Article 65 – paragraph 10
10. Member States shall ensure that persons carrying out operations under this type of interventions have access to the knowledge and information required to implement such operations and that appropriate training is made available to those who require it.
Amendment 3479 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 2
Article 68 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may only grant support under this type of interventions for tangible and/or intangible investments, or costs closely linked to the operation, which contribute to achieving the specific objectives set out in Article 6, in particular (d), (e), (f), and which must be shown to not be damaging for the environment or support environmentally polluting activities. Support to the forestry sector shall be based on a forest management plan or equivalent instrument.
Amendment 3488 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 68 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Non-Productive investment can include: (i) Intangible studies and investments associated with the maintenance, restoration and upgrading of the cultural and natural heritage of villages, rural landscapes and high nature value sites, including related socio- economic aspects; (ii) the drawing up and updating of plans for the development of municipalities and villages in rural areas and their basic services and of protection and management plans relating to Natura 2000 sites and other areas of high nature value with a view to improving the quality of life or increasing the environmental performance of the settlement.
Amendment 3501 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) purchase of animals, other than those used instead of machines in impassable terrain for landscape conservation or protection against large predators, annual plants and their planting other than for the purpose of restoring agricultural or forestry potential following natural disaster and catastrophic events;
Amendment 3517 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point f
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point f
(f) investments in drainage or irrigation which do not lead to net reductions of water use for irrigation in the river basin and are not consistent with the achievement of good status of water bodies, as laid down in Article 4(1) of Directive 2000/60/EC, including those linked to expansion of irrigation or higher risks of diffuse pollution, particularly when affecting water bodies whose status has been defined as less than good in the relevant river basin management plan;
Amendment 3531 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point g
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point g
(g) investments in large infrastructures, especially for livestock operations, not being part of local development strategies;
Amendment 3537 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point h
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point h
(h) investments in afforestation which are not consistent with climate and environmental objectives in line with sustainable forest management principles, as developed in the Pan-European Guidelines for Afforestation and Reforestation.;
Amendment 3541 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) Investments in bioenergy production that are not consistent with the sustainability criteria set out in the Renewable Energy Directive, including limits on certain feedstock types.
Amendment 3572 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 68 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) investments in basic services in rural areas as well as the basic supply provision for the rural population;
Amendment 3635 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 69 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) the start-up of agricultural businesses;
Amendment 3677 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 1
Article 70 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shallmay grant support for risk management tools under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 3683 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 2
Article 70 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shallmay grant support under this type of interventions in order to promote farming practices that increase the resilience against natural risks and risks that are due to climate change, as well as risk management tools, which help genuine farmers manage production and income risks related to their agricultural activity which are outside their control and which contribute to achieving the specific objectives set out in Article 6.
Amendment 3699 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 70 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) financial contributions to premiums for insurance schemes for adverse climatic events assimilated to natural disasters, adverse climatic events, animals, plant diseases or pest infestations;
Amendment 3720 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 70 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) the types and coverage of eligible insurance schemes andfor adverse climatic events assimilated to natural disasters, adverse climatic events, animals, plant diseases or pest infestations and of mutual funds;
Amendment 3727 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 70 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) the methodology for the calculation of losses and triggering factors for compensation, either for risk prevention or for damage incurred;
Amendment 3731 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 4 – point c
Article 70 – paragraph 4 – point c
(c) the rules for the constitution and management of the mutual fundsa methodology for establishing that all measures to avert risk have been undertaken by the recipient prior to being considered eligible for compensation.
Amendment 3744 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 5
Article 70 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure that support is granted only for covering losses of at least 230% of the average annual production or income of the farmer in the preceding three-year period or a three-year average based on the preceding five-year period excluding the highest and lowest entry.
Amendment 3757 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 6
Article 70 – paragraph 6
6. Member Sates shall limit the support to the maximum rate of 750% of the eligible costs.
Amendment 3798 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 1
Article 72 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may grant support for agricultural, forestry and, rural business and smart villages knowledge exchange and information under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 3800 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 1
Article 72 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may grant support for agricultural, forestry and rural business knowledge exchange and information under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 3806 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 72 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall limit the support to a maximum of 75% of the eligible costs. The contribution ceiling can be raised, if the measures relate to the specific objectives set out in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 6 (1);
Amendment 3853 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 4
Article 73 – paragraph 4
4. Selection criteria may not be defined for operations that have received a Seal of Excellence certification under Horizon 2020 or Horizon Europe or have been selected under Life +, provided that such operations are consistent with the CAP Strategic Plan.
Amendment 3858 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 74 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 5 a (new)
Article 74 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 5 a (new)
Where funds under this article are not used or are returned from the Financial Instrument, they should be retained for use in the Rural Development part of the CAP Strategic Plan.
Amendment 3866 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 75 – paragraph 5
Article 75 – paragraph 5
5. Where a guarantee agreement, as set out in Article [9] of the [InvestEU Regulation], has not been concluded within [9] months from the approval of the contribution agreement, the respective amounts paid into the common provisioning fund as a provisioning shall be transferred back to the CAP Strategic Plan specifically for EAFRD use, and the Member State shall submit a corresponding request for amendment of the CAP Strategic Plan.
Amendment 3870 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 78 – paragraph 1
Article 78 – paragraph 1
Amendment 3910 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 83 – paragraph 1
Article 83 – paragraph 1
1. The total amount of Union support for types of interventions for rural development under this Regulation for the period from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2027 shall be at least EUR 78 811 million in current prices in accordance with the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 202738 to properly address the important interventions for rural development, especially regarding the specific objectives in Article 6 (1) (d), (e) and (f). _________________ 38 Proposal for a Council Regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021-2027 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, COM(2018)322 final.
Amendment 3951 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 85 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) 65100 % of the eligible expenditure for payments under Article 66;
Amendment 3995 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 1
Article 86 – paragraph 1
1. At least 510 % of the total EAFRD contribution to the CAP Strategic Plan as set out in Annex IX shall be reserved for LEADER, referred to as community-led local development in Article 25 of Regulation (EU) [CPR].
Amendment 4026 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall set an appropriate minimum amount contributing to the specific objective set out in point (f) of Article 6(1). It needs to take into account the needs that are addressed with reference to priority species and habitats within the Prioritized Action Framework as per Directive 92/43/EEC and Directive 2009/147/EC. The amount shall be used for the interventions described in Articles 28, 65, 67 and 68 point 4 (a) of this regulation and for leveraging support for Strategic Nature projects under the [LIFE Regulation] as per paragraph 7 of this article.
Amendment 4034 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 86 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. At least 50% of the total EAGF and EAFRD contribution to the CAP Strategic Plan as set out in Annexes VII and IX shall be reserved for interventions addressing the specific environmental, climate- and animal welfare related objectives as in Article 6 (1) (d), (e), (f) and (i) of this Regulation and include only those measures under Articles 28, 65, 67 and 68 4(a). The percentage referred in this paragraph must include a minimum spending for each budget allocated to interventions described in Articles 28, 65, 67 and 68 point 4(a) of this regulation and be devoted for independent and scientific evaluation of the interventions’ effectiveness in achieving specific environmental-and climate-related objectives set out in Article 6 (1) points (d), (e) and (f) of this Regulation.
Amendment 4036 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 86 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. In order to finance the redistributive payment, Member States shall use at least a share of the national ceiling for direct payments set in Annex IV which is greater than the share set for 2020 in accordance with Article 42(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013.
Amendment 4038 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 86 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. The indicative financial support for the eco-schemes referred to in Subsection 4 of Chapter II of Title III, shall be at least 50% of the amounts set out in Annex VII.
Amendment 4095 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 86 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 4146 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 87 – paragraph 1
Article 87 – paragraph 1
1. On the basis of the information provided by Member States the Commission shall evaluate the contribution of the policy to the climate change objectives using calculations and the information of the Member States as well as a simple and common methodology.
Amendment 4153 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 87 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 87 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The contribution to the expenditure target shall be calculated and in exceptional cases estimated through the application of specific weightings differentiated on the basis whether the support makes a significant or a moderate contribution towards climate change objectives. These calculations and weighting shall be as follows:
Amendment 4156 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 87 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 87 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) 4020 % for the expenditure under the Basic Income Support for Sustainability and the Complementary Income Support referred to in Title III, Chapter II, section II, subsections 2 and 3;, Member States shall submit calculations showing the amount of emission savings or reductions achieved with this expenditure.
Amendment 4172 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 87 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 87 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) 420% for expenditure for natural or other area-specific constraints referred to in Article 66.
Amendment 4198 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 90 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 90 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 4208 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 90 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 90 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) up to 15 percentage points provided that Member States use the corresponding increase for EAFRD financed interventions addressing the specific environmental- and climat, climate- and animal welfare-related objectives referred to in points (d), (e), (f) and (fi) of Article 6(1);
Amendment 4214 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 90 – paragraph 3
Article 90 – paragraph 3
3. Member States may, in 2023, review their decisions referred to in paragraph 1 in the following years as part of a request for amendment of their CAP Strategic Plans, referred to in Article 107.
Amendment 4226 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 91 – paragraph 2
Article 91 – paragraph 2
Based on the SWOT analysis referred to in Article 103(2) and an assessment of needs referred to in Article 96, Member State shall establish in the CAP Strategic Plans an intervention strategy as referred to in Article 97 in which quantitative targets and milestones shall be set to achieve the specific objectives set out to in Article 6. The targets shall be defined using a common set of result and impact indicators set out in Annex I.
Amendment 4241 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 92 – paragraph 1
Article 92 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall aim to make, through their CAP Strategic Plans and in particular through the elements of the intervention strategy referred to in point (a) of Article 97(2), a greater overall contributionshare of the budget allocated to the achievement of the specific environmental- and climate-related objectives set out in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 6(1) in comparison to the overall contribution madeshare of the budget allocated to the achievement of the objective laid down in point (b) of the first subparagraph of Article 110(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 through support under the EAGF and the EAFRD in the period 2014 to 2020. Member States shall compare the share of the budget allocated to each of the interventions as follows: (a). Interventions described in Article 28 of this regulation with Article 43 of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 (b). Interventions described in Articles 65, 67 and 68 point 4 (a) of this regulation with Articles 17(d), 21 to 23, 25, and 34 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013. Payments for organic conversion and maintenance in the CAP Strategic Plans under Article 28 shall exceed the total payments made before 2021 under Rural Development measures, calculated as a yearly average using constant prices.
Amendment 4250 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 92 – paragraph 2
Article 92 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall explain in their CAP Strategic Plans, on the basis of available information, how they intend to achieve the greater overall contribution set out to in paragraph 1, including ensuring that their targets set on the basis of the impact indicators referred to in Article 91(1) represent an improvement on the current situation. That explanation shall be based on relevant information such as the elements referred to in points (a) to (f) of Article 95(1) and in point (a) and (b) of Article 95(2).
Amendment 4269 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 94 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 94 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall make CAP Strategic Plans and their annexes public, at final draft stage and after approval, to allow informed public debate. Member States shall consult partners on arrangements for publication of the Strategic Plans and related documents.
Amendment 4273 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 94 – paragraph 2
Article 94 – paragraph 2
2. The body of the Member State responsible for drawing up the CAP Strategic Plan shall ensure that the competent authorities for the environment and climate are effectivefully involved in the preparation of the environmental and climate aspects of the planPlan and are jointly responsible with regards to the environmental and climate aspects of the plan, especially in the setting of environmental targets based on the result and impact indicators and Articles 28, 65, 66 and 67.
Amendment 4278 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) relevant public authorities including environmental authorities;
Amendment 4282 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) environmental, economic and social partners, including scientists;
Amendment 4286 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) relevant bodies representing civil society and wherenon- economic interests of civil society, especially environmental NGOs, and relevant bodies responsible for promoting social inclusion, fundamental rights, gender equality and non-discrimination.
Amendment 4289 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) Local Action Groups or other sub- regional bodies which are capable of deploying funds for LEADER interventions.
Amendment 4290 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Each of the partners from point (b) shall be represented in an equal proportion, and a balanced representation between points (b) and (c) shall be ensured. Member States shall involve those partners inthroughout the preparation and implementation of the CAP Strategic Plans, including through participation in monitoring committees in accordance with Article 111. The organisation and implementation of the partnership shall be carried out in accordance with Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 240/201438.
Amendment 4315 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 95 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 95 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Amendment 4339 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 96 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 96 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) a summary of the areas where baseline information is missing or is insufficient for the purposes of providing a full description of the current situation as regards the specific objectives laid down in Article 6 of this proposal and for the purposes of monitoring those objectives;
Amendment 4350 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 97 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 97 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) targets for each relevant common and, where relevant,common CAP Strategic Plan specific result and impact indicators and related milestones. The value of these targets shall be justified in view of the assessment of needs referred to in Article 96. As regards the specific objectives set out in points (d), (e), and (f) of Article 6(1), targets shall be derived from the elements of explanation given in points (a) and (b) of paragraph 2 of this Article;
Amendment 4361 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 97 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 97 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) an explanation of how the environment and climate architecture of the CAP Strategic Plan is meant to contribute to already established long-term national targets and plans set out in or deriving from the legislative instruments referred to in Annex XI;. This includes an assessment of the contribution of the CAP strategic plan to the implementation of the Prioritized Action Framework established in Accordance with Article 8 of the Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC.
Amendment 4430 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – point f a (new)
Article 103 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – point f a (new)
(fa) essential qualitative and quantitative information on the state of the impact indicators for the year 2019 in Annex I.
Amendment 4468 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 2
Article 106 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall assess the proposed CAP Strategic Plans on the basis of the completeness of the plans, the consistency and coherence with the general principles of Union law, with this Regulation and the provisions adopted pursuant to it and with the Horizontal Regulation, their effective contribution to the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1), the impact on the proper functioning of the internal market and distortion of competition, the level of administrative burden on beneficiaries and administration and how input from competent authorities and other stakeholders, as per Article 94, was included. The assessment shall address, in particular, the adequacy of the strategy of the CAP Strategic Plan, including the quality of the evidence used, the corresponding specific objectives, targets, interventions and the allocation of budgetary resources to meet the specific CAP Strategic Plan objectives through the proposed set of interventions on the basis of the SWOT analysis and the ex-ante evaluation.
Amendment 4500 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 106 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 4520 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 106 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. After the approval of the CAP Strategic Plan, within six weeks, the Commission shall transmit it to the European Parliament and to the Council, translated in all official languages of the European Union.
Amendment 4529 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 107 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 107 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Commission may also suggest that a Member State amend its CAP Strategic Plan, giving written justification for doing so and in accordance with paragraph 2 of this article. The Member State concerned shall respond in writing within 3 months and if in agreement with the Commission’s suggestions, it shall submit a request to amend its CAP Strategic Plan in line with this article.
Amendment 4552 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 107 – paragraph 9 a (new)
Article 107 – paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. After the approval of amendments to the CAP Strategic Plan, within six weeks, the Commission shall transmit it to the European Parliament and to the Council, translated in all official languages of the European Union.
Amendment 4591 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 110 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 110 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts adopt implementing accordance with Article 138,ts supplementing this Regulation with detailed rules on the application of the information, publicity and visibility requirements referred to in points (j) and (k) of paragraph 2.
Amendment 4601 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 111 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Monitoring Committee membership shall include representatives of the national network of LAGs or other sub-regional bodies which are deploying funds for LEADER interventions.
Amendment 4611 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 111 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The Member State shall decide the composition of the Monitoring Committee, with due regard for the prevention of conflicts of interest, and shall ensure a balanced representation of the relevant public authorities and intermediate bodies and of representatives of the partners referred to in Article 94(3) that are relevant for the implementation of all objectives of Article 6(1).
Amendment 4618 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 111 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
The Member State shall publishnotify the European Commission of the list of the members of the Monitoring Committee, which the Commission shall promptly publish online.
Amendment 4626 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
Article 111 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(ba) issues relating to the quality and quantity of data and indicators available for monitoring;
Amendment 4628 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 3 – point f
Article 111 – paragraph 3 – point f
(f) administrative capacity building for public authorities and beneficiaries, where relevantcivil society and social inclusion bodies as set out in Article 94.
Amendment 4647 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 112 – paragraph 1
Article 112 – paragraph 1
1. At the initiative of a Member State, the EAFRD may support actions which are necessary for the effective administration and implementation of support in relation to the CAP Strategic Plan, including for Local Action Groups and the establishing and operating of the national CAP networks referred to in Article 113(1). The actions referred to in this paragraph may concern previous and subsequent CAP Strategic Plan periods.
Amendment 4815 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 123
Article 123
Amendment 4838 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 124
Article 124
Attribution of the performance bonus 1. of the year 2026, the performance bonus withheld from a Member State’s allocation following the second paragraph of Article 123 shall be attributed to this Member State if the result indicators applied to the specific environmental- and climate-related objectives set out in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 6(1) in its CAP Strategic Plan have achieved at least 90% of their target value for the year 2025. 2. months of the receipt of the annual performance report in the year 2026 adopt an implementing act without applying the Committee procedure referred to in Article 139 to decide for each Member State whether the respective CAP Strategic Plans have achieved the target values referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article. 3. Where the target values referred to in paragraph 1 are achieved, the amount of the performance bonus shall be granted by the Commission to the Member States concerned and considered to be definitely allocated to financial year 2027 on the basis of the decision referred to in paragraph 2. 4. in paragraph 1 are not achieved, the commitments for financial year 2027 relating to the amount of the performance bonus of the Member States concerned shall not be granted by the Commission. 5. bonus, the Commission may take into consideration cases of force majeure and serious socio-economic crises impeding the achievement of the relevant milestones. 6. implementing acts laying down the detailed arrangements to ensure a consistent approach for determining the attribution of the performance bonus to Member States. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 139(2).rticle 124 deleted Based on the performance review The Commission shall within two Where the target values referred to When attributing the performance The Commission shall adopt
Amendment 4887 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 129 – paragraph 2
Article 129 – paragraph 2
2. Data needed for the context and impact indicators shall primarily come from established data sources, such as the Farm Accountancy Data Network and Eurostat. Where data for these indicators are not available or not complete, the gaps shall be addressed in the context of the European Statistical Program established under Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council40 , the legal framework governing the Farm Accountancy Data Network or through formal agreements with other data providers such as the Joint Research Centre and the European Environment Agency. Where data for certain indicators are not complete, the Commission shall propose alternative indicators based on the results of research an pilot projects while also considering EU wide data collections such as the LUCAS survey. _________________ 40 Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics and repealing Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1101/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities, Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 on Community Statistics, and Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom establishing a Committee on the Statistical Programs of the European Communities (OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 164).
Amendment 4915 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 138 – paragraph 2
Article 138 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 4, 7, 12, 15, 23, 28, 32, 35, 36, 37, 41, 50,78, 81, 104 and 141 shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of seven years from the date of entry into force of this Regulation. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the seven-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.
Amendment 4917 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 138 – paragraph 6
Article 138 – paragraph 6
6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Articles 4, 7, 12, 15, 23, 28, 32, 35, 36, 37, 41, 50, 78, 81, 104 and 141 shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.
Amendment 4941 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.1
Annex I – Result indicators – R.1
R.1 Enhancing performance through knowledge and innovation: Share of farmers receiving support for advice, training, knowledge exchange, or participation in operational groups to enhance economic, environmental, climate and resource efficiency performanthe sustainable use of resources.
Amendment 4946 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.3
Annex I – Result indicators – R.3
R.3 DigitModernising agriculture: Share of farmers benefitting from support to precision farming technologyfor the ecological shift and climate adaptation through CAP
Amendment 4984 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.12
Annex I – Result indicators – R.12
R.12 Adaptation to climate change: Share of agricultural land under commitments to adopt nature based solutions to improve climate adaptation
Amendment 4988 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.13
Annex I – Result indicators – R.13
R.13 Reducing emissions in the livestock sector: Share of livestock units under support to reduce GHG emissions and/or ammonia, including manure management, or share of holdings under commitments to decrease their livestock density from 2020 level
Amendment 4989 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.13 a (new)
Annex I – Result indicators – R.13 a (new)
R.13a reducing the GHG emissions of crops: share of farms having reduced their synthetic nitrogenous fertiliser use by at least 50%
Amendment 4992 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.14
Annex I – Result indicators – R.14
R.14 Carbon storage in soils and biomass: Share of agricultural land under commitments to reducing emissions, maintaining and/or enhancing carbon storage (permanent grassland, agricultural land in peatland, forest, etc.), increase in cropland used to grow legumes (in monoculture or polyculture)
Amendment 4995 #
R.16 Enhance energy efficiency: absolute Energy savings in agriculture
Amendment 4997 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.17
Annex I – Result indicators – R.17
R.17 Afforested land: Area supported for afforestcreation and crestoration of natural permanent woodland, including agroforestry
Amendment 5002 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.18
Annex I – Result indicators – R.18
R.18 Improving soils: Share of agricultural land under management commitments beneficial for soil managementto improve soil quality
Amendment 5006 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.20
Annex I – Result indicators – R.20
R.20 Protecting water quality: Share of agricultural land under management commitments forset-aside land (such as buffer strips) for improving water quality
Amendment 5007 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.21
Annex I – Result indicators – R.21
R.21 Sustainable nutrient management: Share of agricultural land under commitments related to improvedsustainable nutrient management
Amendment 5009 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.22
Annex I – Result indicators – R.22
R.22 SustainableReducing water use: Share of irrigated land under commitments to improvreduce water balanceabstraction
Amendment 5010 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.22 a (new)
Annex I – Result indicators – R.22 a (new)
R.22a Farming contribution to Water Framework Directive: Share of agricultural land under management commitments following requirements of the River Basin Management Plans to achieve good status of water bodies
Amendment 5011 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.23
Annex I – Result indicators – R.23
R.23 Environment-/climate-related performance through investment: Share of farmers with support in non-productive investments related to care for the environment or climate
Amendment 5036 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.25
Annex I – Result indicators – R.25
R.25 Supporting sustainable forest management: Share of forest land under management commitments to support forest protection and sustainable management.
Amendment 5040 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.27 a (new)
Annex I – Result indicators – R.27 a (new)
R.27a Supporting pollinators populations. Share of agricultural area under pollinator-friendly management
Amendment 5051 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.29 a (new)
Annex I – Result indicators – R.29 a (new)
R.29a Sustainable pesticide use: Share of agricultural land subject to Integrated Pest Management practices
Amendment 5057 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.30
Annex I – Result indicators – R.30
R.30 Generational renewal: Number of young farmers, new farmers or women setting up a farm with support from the CAP
Amendment 5068 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Output indicators – O.30 a (new)
Annex I – Output indicators – O.30 a (new)
O.30a Objectives of development cooperation: Number of hectares which have a positive impact on SDG goals
Amendment 5082 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.37
Annex I – Result indicators – R.37
Amendment 5083 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.37a (new)
Annex I – Result indicators – R.37a (new)
R.37a Increasing the number of ecological farms: Number of farms which have received support to transition to ecological farming
Amendment 5090 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Result indicators – R.38 a (new)
Annex I – Result indicators – R.38 a (new)
R.38a Objectives of development cooperation: To which extent the SDG goals are fulfilled
Amendment 5095 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 1 – Requirements and standards
Annex III – GAEC 1 – Requirements and standards
Maintenance of permanent grassland based on a ratio of permanent grassland in relation to agricultural area, the total share of which may not fall by more than 3 % in comparison to a reference year before the year 2019 to be set by the Member States
Amendment 5108 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 2 – Requirements and standards
Annex III – GAEC 2 – Requirements and standards
Amendment 5117 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – SMR 1 – Requirements and standards – indent 2
Annex III – SMR 1 – Requirements and standards – indent 2
Article 11(3)(e) and, Article 11(3)(h), 11 (3) (j), and 11 (3) (k) as regards mandatory requirements to control diffuse sources of pollution by phosphates and on pollution through priority substances
Amendment 5123 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 4 – Requirements and standards
Annex III – GAEC 4 – Requirements and standards
Establishment of buffer strips along water courseswith a minimum width of 3 m where no fertilisers or plant protection products may be used, as well as buffer strips with a minimum width of 6 m for regionally important water courses with a ban on fertilisers and plant protection products for the first 3 m
Amendment 5139 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 6 – Requirements and standards
Annex III – GAEC 6 – Requirements and standards
Amendment 5147 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 7 – Requirements and standards
Annex III – GAEC 7 – Requirements and standards
Amendment 5160 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 8 – Requirements and standards
Annex III – GAEC 8 – Requirements and standards
Crop rotationultivation of at least four different crops while complying with maximum ratios of specific crop types to be set by the member State or else not exceeding the maximum ratio for the primary crops within a crop sequence and per plot (calculated based on fallow periods).
Amendment 5172 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 9 – Requirements and standards – indent 1
Annex III – GAEC 9 – Requirements and standards – indent 1
Minimum 7 % share of agricultural area devoted to non-productive features and/or areas intended to protect biodiversity where no plant protection products may be used
Amendment 5188 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 9 – Requirements and standards – indent 4 a (new)
Annex III – GAEC 9 – Requirements and standards – indent 4 a (new)
- Creation of flower strips
Amendment 5194 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 10 – Requirements and standards
Annex III – GAEC 10 – Requirements and standards
Ban on converting or ploughing permanent grassland in Natura 2000 sites unless it can be shown that this is necessary for that area’s protection objectives or else does not contradict those objectives
Amendment 5231 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – SMR 12
Annex III – SMR 12
Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1): Article 55, first and second sentence: Article 55
Amendment 5232 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – SMR 13
Annex III – SMR 13
Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for Community action to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 71): Article 5(2) and Article 8(1) to (5) Article 12 with regard to restrictions on the use of pesticides in protected areas defined on the basis of the Water Framework Directive and Natura 2000 legislation. Article 13(1) and (3) on handling and storage of pesticides and disposal of remnants Article 14, uptake of the eight principles of Integrated Pest Management
Amendment 5251 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex XII – Objectives – Title 5
Annex XII – Objectives – Title 5
Foster sustainable development and efficient managementenvironmental conservation and preservation of natural resources such as water, soil and air; reaching the good state foreseen in the relevant legislative instruments;